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Geoscience Bulletin Board –8 January 2018- compiled by Elaine J. Hanford

“Bomb cyclone” moved up the East Coast

  • GOES Satellite:
  • NOAA Image:

Silly me, I thought geologists always thought in 3D!! New precious metal discovery in Minnesota

Skyquakes do occur – what are they and why do they happen?

January 2018 and March 2018 will exhibit “blue moons”

Exploring Kilauea Volcano & Hawaii Volcanoes National Park

“Sneaker wave” hits Oregon coast and sweeps Nevada man out to sea

How to spot a rip current…and survive

Educational series to inform locals & tourists about hazards of volcanoes in Hawaii

Six volcanoes that these volcanologists will be monitoring during 2018

Radiolarians record history of ocean currents

Incipient landslide forming on Rattlesnake Ridge in Washington State

“Yellowstone Caldera Chronicles” will be weekly column discussing geology, history & current activity in the region

  • YCC inaugural issue:

Deepwater exploration & potential O&G activity across Latin America

Attenuation of seismic waves from 2011 Tohoku EQ help reveal nature of the asthenosphere

Melting of ice sheets puts more water in the ocean, making them heavier and causing seafloor to sink – isostasy in action

How the discipline of Earth Science has evolved over the past decade

Archeological evidence may rewrite our understanding of when & how modern humans came to America

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Environmental Science Bulletin Board – 8 January 2018 – compiled by Elaine J. Hanford

SCOTUS to hear arguments - Interstate water dispute re: Elephant Butte Reservoir & Rio Grande Compact

Prescribed medicines are “one of the most significant perils to human health resulting from human activity” – medical interventions are now third leading cause of death in the US

“The Population Bomb” identified possible outcomes that are coming true, just not explosively

How cold was it? In Florida, iguanas were falling out of the trees

People are gullible – rushing to buy “raw water” at $6 a gallon & what they are potentially buying

Natural disasters hit North America in 2017 but fewer occurred globally

Study looks at links between natural disasters and mental health

Test project to be conducted to assess potential of large-scale dredging in Susquehanna River behind Conowingo Dam in Maryland

Organized coyote hunt is drawing criticism but is planned to occur on private property not BLM

Ohio EPA awarded $936+M in loans to improve water quality, infrastructure & wetland restoration

Study links exposure to fine particulate air pollution to early births

Men less likely to recycle than women because recycling does not seem “manly”

50 years after blowout, natural gas reservoir is still contaminating local groundwater in the Netherlands

Increased erosion in wildfire areas could impact water in the Western US

Cement weight may have led to 210,000 gallon spill on Keystone pipeline in November 2017 in South Dakota

Brazil re-considering the wisdom of new mega-dam construction projects

Monsanto plans to expand role of controversial dicamba herbicide

Since 2009 more and more plastic has entered the environment with detrimental impacts

Latest measurements confirm trend: Ozone layer of the atmosphere is recovering

Keeping animals in the zoo warm when it is freezing outside

The costs and benefits of hydropower

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Coastal Zone Management Bulletin Board – 8 January 2018 – compiled by Elaine J. Hanford

Wastewater entering coastal waters carries pharmaceutical drugs that impact marine life

Egmont Key Lighthouse, Castillo de San Marcos & other coastal historic resources in Florida are at risk

Caminada Headlands back barrier marsh creation project will go before Coastal Wetlands Planning Protection and Restoration Task Force in New Orleans

Coastal zone grants to protect Lake Erie & Delaware Estuary

Report shows environmental health of New Hampshire estuaries is in decline

Report:

What you need to know about the environment in Florida in 2018

Lake Okeechobee discharges stop day early, too late for St. Lucie River oysters, sea grass

Retrospective on the Great Republic that went aground in Columbia Estuary in 1879

San Francisco Estuary & Watershed Science - Journal

Asteriasamurensis – a Northern Pacific starfish is a voracious invasive species impacting coastal areas

Proposal to allow O&G drilling along most of the US coast

Humans still think “structural controls” will protect Boston Harbor

Recent storm:

Shellfish region in Maine closed due to late-season toxic algae bloom